Name: “The Choice To Let Go” – With Simi Hersko by Healthful Woman
Duration: 52 min 47 s
Description: Simi Hersko, who was previously a Healthful Woman guest to talk about ATime, joins to talk about her own experience. Simi’s story includes struggling with infertility, miscarrying twins after IVF, and choosing not to resuscitate her twins born at 23 weeks.

Simi Hersko, who was previously a Healthful Woman guest to talk about ATime, joins to talk about her own experience. Simi’s story includes struggling with infertility, miscarrying twins after IVF, and choosing not to resuscitate her twins born at 23 weeks.

“The Choice To Let Go” – With Simi Hersko

Host Dr. Fox welcomes Dr. Shira Billet, who since experiencing pregnancy loss herself counsels women and families through this trauma. Dr. Billet holds a PhD in philosophy and religion, and outside of her professional career has carved a niche for herself in helping others deal with the grief of losing a child. She and Dr. Fox also discuss the stigma regarding pregnancy loss and how the grief compares to a death. This episode is the first in a new mini series: “When Bad Things Happen in Pregnancy.”

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“Supporting Women with Pregnancy Loss” – with Shira Billet

Dr. Lis Shlansky returns to Healthful Woman to talk about hysteroscopy, which allows OB/GYNs to “look inside the uterus with a small camera” for “a multitude of reasons.” In this episode, she and Dr. Fox discuss who needs a hysteroscopy, what the procedure is like, and why hysteroscopy is useful.

“The Choice To Let Go” – With Simi Hersko

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